Example sentences of "[was/were] to blame for the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was not poor people who were to blame for the dampness but poor housing that was making the people poor . |
| 2 | She said high unemployment and low benefits were to blame for the problem . |
| 3 | In a pre-scheduled address to an international banking conference attended by the Czech and Slovak finance ministers where he was to have delivered a lecture on setting up direct sales operations in Eastern Europe , Kontrax president Gabor Dixco told an embarrassed audience that the global recession , poor financial management and lack of support from the banks were to blame for the company 's collapse . |
| 4 | And this blew away Mr Lamont 's excuse that the Germans were to blame for the pound crashing . |
| 5 | It implies that in some way Wainwright himself was to blame for the outdatedness of some of his copious details . |
| 6 | Denying claims that Diana : Her True Story was to blame for the separation , he said : ‘ While researching the book the volatility and turbulence in the marriage was very apparent to me . |
| 7 | He believed she was to blame for the tide of scandal enveloping the Royal Family . |
| 8 | Investigators concluded that no one was to blame for the blaze started by a spotlight overheating a curtain . |
| 9 | It was unclear last night who was to blame for the deluge — the 28-year-old prince himself or a forgetful aide . |
| 10 | Time and again one gets the impression that the lawyer is trying to persuade the court that anyone other than his client was to blame for the accident . |
| 11 | The leader of the council , Robert Gould , said later he accepted that the 1.5 per cent pay increase was totally unrealistic , but said the unions should be directing their anger at the Conservative Government , which was to blame for the situation . |
| 12 | A fire in the roof space above the directors ' boardroom was to blame for the match being delayed 40 minutes , but the fans did not panic as police and fire service personnel ensured there was no danger . |
| 13 | In the end it was accepted that this happened , but the only explanation offered was that the blasting in the nearby quarry for lime was to blame for the movement which suggested settlement . |
| 14 | The official report says no one was to blame for the fire , which started after a halogen lamp overheated near a curtain . |
| 15 | Moreover , the child may feel unreasonable guilt that , somehow , it was to blame for the death . |
| 16 | A coroner has called for road improvements after an inquest heard that flood water was to blame for the death of a motorist . |
| 17 | Anti-fascists argued that whoever was to blame for the violence , the police and courts treated them more harshly , and the National Council for Civil Liberties certainly produced reliable testimony to back up those claims . |